koala vs Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

Phascolarctos cinereus compared with Hydrocotyle umbellata

Key Differences

• koala is Vulnerable while Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	koala	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)	Araliaceae
Genus	Phascolarctos (Koalas)	Hydrocotyle
Species	Phascolarctos cinereus	Hydrocotyle umbellata

Conservation Status

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	koala	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	15 years	—
Average Length	75 cm	—
Average Weight	10.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

koala

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

Found in Australia. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Cuba, and Thailand.

koala

Icônico marsupial do leste e sudeste da Austrália, os coalas pesam até 15 kg e passam até 22 horas diárias dormindo para conservar energia de sua dieta de folhas de eucalipto, com baixo teor calórico. Altamente especializados para processar os compostos tóxicos do eucalipto que matariam a maioria dos outros mamíferos, possuem microbiomas intestinais unicamente adaptados para a destoxificação. Classificado como Em Perigo em 2022, com populações dizimadas pela doença de clamídia, desmatamento e mudanças climáticas.